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The 1932 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 58.66 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 38.27 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the only occasion when Clark County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][a]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 109,479 | 58.66% | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover (inc.) | 71,417 | 38.27% | |
| Liberty | William Hope Harvey | 4,712 | 2.52% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 526 | 0.28% | |
| Communist | William Z. Foster | 491 | 0.26% | |
| Total votes | 186,625 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
William Hope Harvey[6] Liberty |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
William Z. Foster[6] Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 8,836 | 50.43% | 8,055 | 45.97% | 586 | 3.34% | 28 | 0.16% | 17 | 0.10% | 781 | 4.46% | 17,522 |
| Adams | 854 | 68.37% | 325 | 26.02% | 69 | 5.52% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 529 | 42.35% | 1,249 |
| Bannock | 8,271 | 63.34% | 4,676 | 35.81% | 37 | 0.28% | 55 | 0.42% | 20 | 0.15% | 3,595 | 27.53% | 13,059 |
| Bear Lake | 1,721 | 49.05% | 1,785 | 50.87% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -64 | -1.82% | 3,509 |
| Benewah | 1,602 | 59.55% | 949 | 35.28% | 43 | 1.60% | 83 | 3.09% | 13 | 0.48% | 653 | 24.28% | 2,690 |
| Bingham | 3,802 | 55.85% | 2,894 | 42.52% | 73 | 1.07% | 31 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.10% | 908 | 13.34% | 6,807 |
| Blaine | 1,133 | 61.48% | 693 | 37.60% | 14 | 0.76% | 3 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 440 | 23.87% | 1,843 |
| Boise | 679 | 64.12% | 342 | 32.29% | 38 | 3.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 337 | 31.82% | 1,059 |
| Bonner | 3,698 | 63.38% | 1,989 | 34.09% | 75 | 1.29% | 52 | 0.89% | 21 | 0.36% | 1,709 | 29.29% | 5,835 |
| Bonneville | 4,298 | 59.60% | 2,781 | 38.56% | 109 | 1.51% | 16 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,517 | 21.03% | 7,212 |
| Boundary | 1,451 | 63.42% | 763 | 33.35% | 59 | 2.58% | 8 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.31% | 688 | 30.07% | 2,288 |
| Butte | 581 | 59.16% | 396 | 40.33% | 5 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 185 | 18.84% | 982 |
| Camas | 441 | 63.91% | 234 | 33.91% | 15 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | 30.00% | 690 |
| Canyon | 6,940 | 53.16% | 5,065 | 38.80% | 1,010 | 7.74% | 39 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,875 | 14.36% | 13,054 |
| Caribou | 499 | 54.24% | 409 | 44.46% | 12 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 90 | 9.78% | 920 |
| Cassia | 2,598 | 55.60% | 2,032 | 43.48% | 33 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 566 | 12.11% | 4,673 |
| Clark | 325 | 53.99% | 276 | 45.85% | 1 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 8.14% | 602 |
| Clearwater | 1,699 | 66.55% | 822 | 32.20% | 23 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 877 | 34.35% | 2,553 |
| Custer | 839 | 64.39% | 440 | 33.77% | 13 | 1.00% | 11 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 30.62% | 1,303 |
| Elmore | 1,615 | 64.96% | 794 | 31.94% | 72 | 2.90% | 3 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.08% | 821 | 33.02% | 2,486 |
| Franklin | 1,871 | 51.39% | 1,764 | 48.45% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 107 | 2.94% | 3,641 |
| Fremont | 2,830 | 65.37% | 1,498 | 34.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,332 | 30.77% | 4,329 |
| Gem | 2,007 | 61.55% | 898 | 27.54% | 343 | 10.52% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.34% | 1,109 | 34.01% | 3,261 |
| Gooding | 1,911 | 53.98% | 1,451 | 40.99% | 172 | 4.86% | 2 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.11% | 460 | 12.99% | 3,540 |
| Idaho | 3,005 | 71.79% | 1,079 | 25.78% | 79 | 1.89% | 23 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,926 | 46.01% | 4,186 |
| Jefferson | 2,501 | 67.02% | 1,177 | 31.54% | 50 | 1.34% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,324 | 35.48% | 3,732 |
| Jerome | 2,219 | 60.32% | 1,393 | 37.86% | 49 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.33% | 826 | 22.45% | 3,679 |
| Kootenai | 4,743 | 57.40% | 2,813 | 34.04% | 572 | 6.92% | 42 | 0.51% | 93 | 1.13% | 1,930 | 23.36% | 8,263 |
| Latah | 3,554 | 52.64% | 3,079 | 45.61% | 96 | 1.42% | 22 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 7.04% | 6,751 |
| Lemhi | 1,332 | 61.47% | 793 | 36.59% | 35 | 1.62% | 7 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 539 | 24.87% | 2,167 |
| Lewis | 1,390 | 71.03% | 526 | 26.88% | 37 | 1.89% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.15% | 864 | 44.15% | 1,957 |
| Lincoln | 869 | 54.72% | 691 | 43.51% | 24 | 1.51% | 4 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 11.21% | 1,588 |
| Madison | 2,112 | 61.99% | 1,272 | 37.33% | 20 | 0.59% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 840 | 24.66% | 3,407 |
| Minidoka | 2,164 | 64.27% | 1,130 | 33.56% | 65 | 1.93% | 8 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,034 | 30.71% | 3,367 |
| Nez Perce | 5,077 | 68.50% | 2,211 | 29.83% | 79 | 1.07% | 30 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.20% | 2,866 | 38.67% | 7,412 |
| Oneida | 1,449 | 57.64% | 1,047 | 41.65% | 18 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 402 | 15.99% | 2,514 |
| Owyhee | 959 | 59.57% | 583 | 36.21% | 57 | 3.54% | 11 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 376 | 23.35% | 1,610 |
| Payette | 1,836 | 51.18% | 1,529 | 42.63% | 213 | 5.94% | 6 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.08% | 307 | 8.56% | 3,587 |
| Power | 1,126 | 64.86% | 603 | 34.74% | 7 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 523 | 30.13% | 1,736 |
| Shoshone | 4,347 | 59.15% | 2,902 | 39.49% | 60 | 0.82% | 40 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,445 | 19.66% | 7,349 |
| Teton | 860 | 55.81% | 674 | 43.74% | 6 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 186 | 12.07% | 1,541 |
| Twin Falls | 6,395 | 54.57% | 4,928 | 42.05% | 211 | 1.80% | 158 | 1.35% | 27 | 0.23% | 1,467 | 12.52% | 11,719 |
| Valley | 921 | 63.26% | 443 | 30.43% | 62 | 4.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 29 | 1.99% | 478 | 32.83% | 1,456 |
| Washington | 2,122 | 60.61% | 1,213 | 34.65% | 163 | 4.66% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 909 | 25.96% | 3,501 |
| Totals | 109,479 | 58.70% | 71,312 | 38.23% | 4,712 | 2.53% | 526 | 0.28% | 491 | 0.26% | 38,167 | 20.46% | 186,520 |
See also
Notes
- ^ It is practically certain, however, that the area Clark County occupies voted Democratic for William Jennings Bryan in 1896 as Fremont County – which then covered the area Clark County now occupies – voted 1,526 to 121 for Bryan against William McKinley in that election.
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1932". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 178-179 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ a b c Our Campaigns; ID US President November 08, 1932
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 118 ISBN 0405077114
